This page is for us to plan together. Our next habit of mind is Gathering Data through all Our Senses. The following description from Art Costa will help us describe it.
10. Gathering Data through All Senses "Observe perpetually".
Henry James
The brain is the ultimate reductionist. It reduces the world to its elementary parts: photonsof light, molecules of smell, sound waves, vibrations of touch--which send electrochemicalsignals to individual brain cells that store information about lines, movements, colors,
smells and other sensory inputs.
Intelligent people know that all information gets into the brain through the sensorypathways: gustatory, olfactory, tactile, kinesthetic, auditory, visual, Most linguistic, cultural, and physicallearning is derived from the environment by observing or taking in through the senses. To know a wine itmust be drunk; to know a role it must be acted; to know a game it must be played; to know a dance it mustbe moved; to know a goal it must be envisioned. Those whose sensory pathways are open, alert, and acuteabsorb more information from the environment than those whose pathways are withered, immune, andoblivious to sensory stimuli.
Furthermore, we are learning more about the impact of arts and music on improved mental functioning.Forming
mental images is important in mathematics and engineering; listening to classical music seems to improve spatial reasoning.Social scientists solve problems through scenarios and role-playing; scientists build models; engineers usecad-cam; mechanics learn through hands-on experimentation; artists experiment with colors and textures.Musicians experiment by producing combinations of instrumental and vocal music.Some students, however, go through school and life oblivious to the textures, rhythms, patterns sounds andcolors around them. Sometimes children are afraid to touch, get their hands "dirty" or feel some objectmight be "slimy" or "icky". They operate within a narrow range of sensory problem solving strategieswanting only to "describe it but not illustrate or act it", or "listen but not participate".
7 April 2009
I have uploaded a lesson plan I designed with teachers at College Street for you to consider as a guide. I hope it helps you think about your lesson plan. If you could start sharing planning ideas on this page it would help all of us sort out our last day in Akitio next term.
10. Gathering Data through All Senses
"Observe perpetually".
Henry James
The brain is the ultimate reductionist. It reduces the world to its elementary parts: photonsof light, molecules of smell, sound waves, vibrations of touch--which send electrochemicalsignals to individual brain cells that store information about lines, movements, colors,
smells and other sensory inputs.
Intelligent people know that all information gets into the brain through the sensorypathways: gustatory, olfactory, tactile, kinesthetic, auditory, visual, Most linguistic, cultural, and physicallearning is derived from the environment by observing or taking in through the senses. To know a wine itmust be drunk; to know a role it must be acted; to know a game it must be played; to know a dance it mustbe moved; to know a goal it must be envisioned. Those whose sensory pathways are open, alert, and acuteabsorb more information from the environment than those whose pathways are withered, immune, andoblivious to sensory stimuli.
Furthermore, we are learning more about the impact of arts and music on improved mental functioning.Forming
mental images is important in mathematics and engineering; listening to classical music seems to improve spatial reasoning.Social scientists solve problems through scenarios and role-playing; scientists build models; engineers usecad-cam; mechanics learn through hands-on experimentation; artists experiment with colors and textures.Musicians experiment by producing combinations of instrumental and vocal music.Some students, however, go through school and life oblivious to the textures, rhythms, patterns sounds andcolors around them. Sometimes children are afraid to touch, get their hands "dirty" or feel some objectmight be "slimy" or "icky". They operate within a narrow range of sensory problem solving strategieswanting only to "describe it but not illustrate or act it", or "listen but not participate".
7 April 2009
I have uploaded a lesson plan I designed with teachers at College Street for you to consider as a guide. I hope it helps you think about your lesson plan. If you could start sharing planning ideas on this page it would help all of us sort out our last day in Akitio next term.